Funeral services for Veva Imogene Cobb Denton, 88, West Plains, Missouri, will be held at 11:00 a.m., Wednesday, July 10, 2024, in the Rose Chapel of Robertson-Drago Funeral Home.
Mrs. Denton passed away at 2:10 a.m., Saturday, July 6, 2024, at NHC Healthcare.
She was born July 10, 1935, at Peace Valley, Missouri, to Henry and Myrtle Jones. On June 27, 1980, she was married at West Plains, Missouri, to James R. Denton, who preceded her in death on March 26, 2018. Mrs. Denton loved having company. She was an avid gardener and she loved to cook. She enjoyed square dancing with her husband, Jim. But more than anything else, she loved her friends and family, especially her grandkids and great-grandkids who were the highlight of her life. Mrs. Denton was of the Baptist faith, and she was a member of First General Baptist Church of West Plains for over fifty years.
She is survived by four children, Brenda Dunn and husband, Gary, West Plains, Missouri, Pamela Coffman and husband, Larry, West Plains, Missouri, Sandra Johnson and husband, Tim, Pottersville, Missouri, and Danny Cobb and wife, Sharon, Peace Valley, Missouri; six grandchildren, Justin Hicks, Lacey Coffman-Galvan, Zachary Cobb, Lance Coffman, Henry Cobb, and Patrick Cobb; six great-grandchildren, Lane Hicks, Cameron Judah, Mia Galvan, Lukas Coffman, Cooper Coffman, and Mattie Tulgetske; and several nieces and nephews.
Her parents, first husband, Danzel Cobb, second husband, James Denton, one brother, Leamon Jones, two sisters, Oliadeen Tabor and Ruedeen Pliler, and an infant brother preceded her in death.
Visitation will be held prior to the service, from 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m., Wednesday, at Robertson-Drago Funeral Home. Burial will be at Bennett Chapel Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital and may be left at or mailed to Robertson-Drago Funeral Home, 211 West Main, West Plains, MO 65775.
